Around 70 community members are registered to attend the evening which will feature guest speakers from the BOM, EMQ and the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service as well as a question and answer session.

EMQ's area director for Mackay Darren Jennings says the aim is to boost the numbers of people with emergency kits and plans ahead of the summer months.

"I would say around 70 per cent of people are aware they need to have an emergency plan and kit.

"Outside that leaves 30 per cent of people that have no preparation whatsoever... that's a little concerning."

Mr Jennings says while some people may have previously talked about it amongst their family, not many have actually written down their plans.

He says making a quick checklist to reference during an emergency is a good place.

An emergency checklist could include the following things:

Where am I going to evacuate to if I need to?

How am I going to get there?

What am I going to take with me? Some of the things you might want to consider taking with you are laptops, computer hard drives and family photos.

Write down some key contacts phone numbers such as doctors, family, friends and the SES.

Make sure your car is full of fuel.

He also stresses that people in the region should be prepared for all types of natural disasters.

"When you think about disaster planning, you shouldn't isolate yourself to any one type of disaster; you should plan for whatever may occur.

"If we had 100 per cent of the people prepared before something happened and prepared to the tune of looking after themselves for 72 hours after an event, that will make a lot of difference to the response networks and getting the recovery underway a lot quicker."